Re: ="${!a[@]}" expands incorrectly bash 5.1 and above + patch

Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 16:58:18 -0400

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On 5/29/26 4:56 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 5/24/26 6:47 AM, Emanuele Torre wrote:
> 
>> I will point out that this patch also changes the behaviour of  [@]@k
>> in assignments, and maybe also that of some other @OP expansions, to
>> one which I would think is more correct:
> 
> It changes the expansion of quoted $@ in contexts where word splitting
> doesn't take place.

At least on the rhs of assignment statements.

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